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Lebanon vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 50.7% more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 76.3% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 22.3% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 2.9 times more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 33.1% less in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 39.0% more in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.1 times more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 7.3% less in Lebanon

The cost of transportation, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and childcare in Lebanon are more expensive than in Ethiopia. Expenses including housing, groceries, and clothing are lower in Lebanon. Notably, transportation, entertainment and sports, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Lebanon.

Lebanon vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Lebanon instead of Ethiopia, you would:

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pay 76.3% more for restaurants

	Ethiopia	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.26 ETB655.54	$7.66 LBP684,169	+79.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	$8.00 LBP714,522	+23.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 ETB93.51	$1.63 LBP145,385	+167.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 ETB87.20	$0.76 LBP68,103	+34.6%
Average			+76.3%

Ethiopia vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 22.3% less for groceries

	Ethiopia	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 ETB193.73	$0.60 LBP53,699	-52.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.34 ETB667.36	$3.95 LBP352,609	-9.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.42 ETB834.53	$5.56 LBP496,610	+2.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 ETB351.02	$2.33 LBP208,328	+2.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.76 ETB886.79	$3.54 LBP316,225	-38.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.08 ETB473.48	$0.68 LBP61,124	-77.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.43 ETB66.40	$0.46 LBP40,766	+5.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.06 ETB162.78	$0.41 LBP36,360	-61.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.40 ETB62.30	$0.46 LBP41,477	+14.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 ETB42.45	$0.33 LBP29,389	+19.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91 ETB139.43	$0.45 LBP40,127	-50.4%
Average			-22.3%

Ethiopia vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.9 times more for transportation

	Ethiopia	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 ETB740.52	$3.44 LBP306,966	-28.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	+504.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	$28,750.00 LBP2,567,814,963	-47.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.62 ETB556.29	$16.00 LBP1,429,045	+342.6%
Average			+192.6%

Ethiopia vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 33.1% less for housing

	Ethiopia	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	-70.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	$571.15 LBP51,012,779	-30.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	$277.78 LBP24,809,806	-45.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	+14.3%
Average			-33.1%

Ethiopia vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 39.0% more for childcare

	Ethiopia	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	$248.75 LBP22,217,182	+164.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	$4,093.75 LBP365,634,522	-86.4%
Average			+39.0%

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pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 ETB138.50	$4.00 LBP357,261	+344.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.09 ETB167.35	$2.89 LBP258,327	+166.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.10 ETB784.81	$2.52 LBP225,521	-50.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	$42.92 LBP3,833,115	-30.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.75 ETB577.06	$8.25 LBP736,851	+120.0%
Average			+109.8%

Ethiopia vs. Lebanon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 7.3% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	$53.44 LBP4,772,787	+18.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	-33.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	$101.94 LBP9,105,199	+8.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	$88.93 LBP7,942,682	-22.7%
Average			-7.3%

Ethiopia vs. Lebanon - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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